Archive for September 2002
Finally, a “show me” what the hell is XML type article that simplifies it with a few screen shots. Digital Web Magazine – Introduction to XML from J. David Eisenberg.
How many times have you pressed the wrong thing only realize it milliseconds after? Too late, the computer is taking action. We all make mistakes. OK, except you, Perfecto Perfect (rolls eyes). Since we want the customer to have a pleasant experience, not a frustrating one, designing for mistakes eases the frustration and earns a few brownie points. More in
37signals: Contingency Design White Paper [Link Webreference]
Have you shopped at Lands’ End online? If so, please contact me.
Need to blast some spam? Let of spam—steam and play Torture a Spammer Game. After you select items from the first page and go to the second page, you don’t have to enter anything to play the game. [Link Ezine-Tips]
Though Opera 7.0 is coming out soon, five reviewers from Neat Net Tricks offer their thoughts on Opera 6.05. There are no names associated with the reviewers to ensure the review is honest and unbiased.
Mozilla users need to be aware of a flaw as explained in Mozilla Flaw Springs Privacy Leak. The recommendation is to disable JavaScript and to create a file called user.js with the following line:
user_pref(“capability.policy.default.Window.onunload”, “noAccess”);
Save it to the same location as pref.js, which is in the user profile. If you need more specifics, let me know and I’ll step you through it. [Link Webreference]
Also, IE running on Windows XP (any version) has a very dangerous security flaw and people recommend downloading the Service Pack 1. However, if you’re not confident with downloading it yet nor have the speed to download a 133 meg file, the solution is to search the C drive for uplddrvinfo.htm and rename the file to uplddrvinfo.htm.old or something like that. More details on this security leak that was kept secret for 11 weeks to avoid giving hackers any insight. [Link The Screen Savers]
Serving Up the Best Site. <blush>
It must’ve been backwards day at alltooflat.com when they created elgooG. [Link Neat Net Tricks]
For the heck of it, I entered “lyrem” and it pulled up this place and my name-twin’s place.
Warning. If you have a headache, don’t go there.
When I first took the plunge to buy meryl.net, I was shocked and disappointed that meryl.com was already taken in 1995. It’s a fashion design company! Meryl and fashion together do not make a good couple. 
Determined to keep it to my uncommon first name, I took .net.
If you’re ready to buy one or another, Buy the Ultimate Domain Name offers the kind of suggestions I would make. [Link Webreference]
This blog takes a day of silence to remember the heroes and victims.
Several popular sites pay a tribute (click on the picture to see it larger).
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